Railway car



Patented Aug. 18, 1925.

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B STATES LOUIS A. HOERR, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR T WESTERN RAILWAY EQUIP- MENT COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, A CORPORATION OF MISSOURI.

RAILWAY CAR.

Application filed February 26, 1925.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS A. Henna, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, United States of America, have invented a certain new and useful Railway Car, of which the following is such a full, clear, and exact description as will enable anyone skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to a railway car and more particularly to constructional improvements in a car bottom of the type shown and described in Patent No. 684,936 granted to me October 22, 1901.

One object of my invention is to so construct the bottom that the lower edge of the end sill will be firmly held against the timber pockets, thus preventing accumulation of water and consequent rotting of the timher which is liable to occur when the end sill is so held that its lower edge may recede from the timber pockets owing to shrinkage of the wood or other causes.

Another object of my invention is to so form and position the center sill pockets that an integral portion of the pocket will engage with the upper edge of the center sill and the lower edge of the end sill thus removing the weight of the end sill from a removable wedge which is used in my construction.

In the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one form of car bottom made in accordance with my invention, Figure 1 is a top plan view, on a reduced scale; Figure 2 is a section taken on the line 22 of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a side view; Figure 4 is a perspective view of one of the side sill pockets, the side and end sills being shown in dotted lines; Figure 5 is a section through the lower part of one of the center sill pockets; Figure 6 is a perspective view of one of the center sill pockets; and Figure 7 is a rear view of the center sill pocket.

The end sill 10 is secured to the side sills 11 and the center sills 12 by side sill pockets and center sill pockets respectively. Each of the side sill pockets, which are made in Serial No. 11,623.

right and left patterns, one of the former being shown in Figure 1, and the latter in Figures 3 and 4:, comprises a base plate 13, a vertical side web 14 and a vertical end web 15. Resting on the base plate 13 and secured to the web 14 by bolts 16 is one of the end sills 11, the outer side of which is also preferably engaged by a narrow flange 17 on the web 15. Projecting laterally from the web is an extension 18 supported by braces 19. The base plate 13 has a forwardly projecting extension 20 provided with bolt holes 21 to receive bolts 22 by means of which. the lower edge of end sill 10 is held firmly against the extension 20. Reinforcing flange 23 serves to strengthen the extension 20.

The center sills 12 have their ends situated in timber pockets 24:, each having at its upper end an integral flange 25 bearing on the upper edge of the center sill, and at the lower end an integral supporting plate 26 upon which the end sill 10 rests. Formed in the plate 26 are bolt holes 27 adapted to receive bolts 28 by means of which the end sill is firmly secured to the plate 26. By this construction the weight of the end sill is supported by an integral part of the timber podret rather than on the removable wedge 29. The plate 26 is provided with reinforcing flanges 30.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination with a longitudinally extending timber, of an end sill, a timber pocket provided with a bottom plate on which the longitudinal timber rests, said bottom plate having a forward extension supporting the end sill, and means for firmly securing the lower edge of the end sill to said extension.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination with a longitudinally extending timber, of an end sill, a timber pocket provided with an integral portion extending over the upper edge of the longitudinal timber, said pocket also having an integral portion extending under said end sill, and means for securing the lower edge of said end sill to said pocket.

same plane as said wedge, and means for securing said end sill to said supporting 10 plate.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this the 23rd day of February, 1925.

LOUIS A. HOERR. -1 

